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Nature Chemical Biology 4, 525–526 (1 September 2008) | doi:10.1038/nchembio0908-525

Unexpected N-terminal editing: a cysteine protease that cuts and pastes

Isaac Carrico

Over the last decade sequencing projects have delivered a wealth of complete genomes. Focus is now turning toward the more daunting task of assigning function to the predicted protein products.